Partial fossil jaw of an extinct horse, photographed on a black background. The bones have the color of slate gray and tan weathered rock with cracks.
The Hagerman horse (Equus simplicidens) flourished on the grasslands of the Pliocene. This fossil dates to the Pliocene Epoch in Hagerman, about 4 to 3 million years ago.
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